Temperature’s rising … Hot tap theatre Last week I saw a play called God Don’t Live On a Council Estate, in which actor Dudley Sutton plays a gangster grandfather, terrorising his family from his council-estate home. In a surreal metaphor for the life-sapping strength of such... 

Victoria Derbyshire: moving interview with PC David Rathband. Photograph: BBC/Karl Grant/BBC There were many extraordinary moments in the interview with PC David Rathband on Victoria Derbyshire (pictured, 5 Live) yesterday. The policeman, who lost his sight when shot by Raoul Moat, spoke from... 

Who’d have thought Madness prannying around had anything to do with Zulu earplugs? Photograph: Matthew Fearn/PA Another week, another set of fascinating anthropological indie questions to wade through. Thanks for all the posts and remember – if you have a question you’d like me... 

Miles Davis’ legendary bass player Michael Henderson is taking Snoop Dogg to court after accusing the rapper of illegally sampling one of his songs. The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” hitmaker is alleged to have used parts of Henderson’s “Riding” on the track... 

Bollywood or wouldn’t? … Sex Aur Dhoka (Love, Sex and Pain) India is the most sexually contradictory place on earth, the most prudish and permissive. There, holy men proudly exhibit elongated penises they’ve painfully stretched over years by tying them to boulders, and parents...